Hope's Romance (On Hold Until Jan)

~Chapter Twelve

-Chapter Twelve, A sour end to a new beginning <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />Guys, not many people are reading this anymore, So I don’t think I will continue, or if I do, it will be the way I want or what not.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />So if you are reading this, vote and comment, show you care!<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />-REEEECCCAAAP!!<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />I knew she was dead, her heart was gone and there was a burning sensation in mine, I knew I had two choices, to make her a vampire, or we both die. As a silent tear rolled down my cheek, I picked up the love of my life and made me decision.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />*-*-*-*-*<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />I picked her up and hugged her even closer to my chest, I knew I was being selfish but I couldn’t let my Hope go. She is 16 soon to be 17 and I’ll be dammed if I let another young life go to waste because I didn’t pick the right decision. She can hate me if she wants, as long as she’s alive.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />I took her to my house and gently placed her on the bed, she was fighting death, I could feel it, her mind was there, determined to hang on but her attempts were useless, if she was too be brought back to life by a miracle she would be forever paralysed. The only thing that could save her was my venom, and my venom I will give her.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />“Im so sorry hope, I know I should have said it before but I love you, please come back to me and please don’t hate me” I sobbed, and then sunk my teeth into her neck, putting all of my venom into her system. I could tell her body was already accepting the venom, and was now healing her extensive list of injuries. I gave her the last of my venom and pulled back to lick the bite mark, which healed immediately after I did so.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />The process for both of us was simple because I was such a powerful vampire. I didn’t need to drain her and she would wake up soon, hungry as ever. Then she would need my blood, and I would give it to her, and she will give me some of hers. Then she would sleep again, and wake up with all wounds healed and she will be a vampire. Done and dusted, well not really but oh shut up brain. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />She was now well under way of becoming a vampire, and in 16 hours she will wake, feed and then sleep for another 8 hours. So now I had nothing to do for the next 16 hours, I could go to work, checking in between every class but I couldn't be away from her. So I did the next best thing, I rung mum and I decided to tell her about Hope and what I have selfishly done to my girl. I pulled out my phone and rung her, hoping she will know what to do.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Hey Markie! How are you." Her joyful voice replied, she was in a good mood.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"I'm not doing to well mum, I have some bad news." I mumbled, oh god she was going to kill me, even if i was a mumma's boy, she would murder me if i wasn't already dead.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"So thats why your calling me this late" she joked.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Don't act like you were sleeping mum, we all know you weren't" i chuckled, mum has always had a sense of humour.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />She chuckled and then took in a deep breath, don't ask me why, 'cause she doesn't need it and kept her voice calm when she asked me whats happened. I could hear the disappointment in her voice, she must think that I some how managed to ruin my country, and was probably getting ready to give me the lecture on how her and dad built that country up from nothing, and la la la.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Hope died-" I was cut short by a hysterical mother screaming at me.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />" SHE WHAT!!!! YOU BRING HER BACK BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE YOU HEAR ME?!?!?!" She started to cry, and i was trying to work out if she was upset that Hope had died, or the fat that i may follow after her, fortunately neither was going to happen.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Mum, calm down, you didn't let me finish" I stated, I continued on after i heard a soft 'oh' from the other end of the phone line. I told mum everything, how shes my student, because I didn't tell her at the wedding, somehow managed to slip my mind. I told her about her wanting to be a vampire, which in return, came a loud squeal, that would have made a human deaf. I told her about the earth quake, and then i finished with todays events.When i said how she was killed she was furious and so upset she somehow managed to smash the phone.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />I was about to ring her back on another phone number when she appeared in my room, along with dad. Mum ran straight to Hope and Dad came over and gave me a hug. Some would think that because we are a vampire family we don't show emotions, or we are the sort of family that hate each other, but they are dead wrong- no pun intended- because our family is as tight as anything. We never keep secrets from each other, so if I was to leave this massive secret out of our daily conversation, she would have my balls.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"What are you going to do?" How am I meant to answer that question when I didn't even know myself.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"I don't know dad, that's why I rung mum, she always knows what to do." I silently begged god that she knew what to do. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Go and hunt, then take a long run" was all mum said, lifting her head for a split second to look at me, then returning her gaze to Hope, and went back to whispering soothing words and rubbing circles on her arm.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"There is no way I'm leaving Hope, if she wakes up I need to be there." I stood my ground, she needed me, this was all my fault, so I owed her this much<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"She is out cold, her body will take most of the 16 hours to heal, even then she won't be fully healed, don't be surprised if she doesn't wake up for at least a day, her body needs time to heal and then she needs to change before her mind will even think about letting her up" she informed me, yeah okay she had a point there, but she still went on " and as for you needing to feed, when she wakes up she will be a handful, she won't know what's going on, she may not even remember you, I will be here to help but you NEED to have full strength, I can see you haven't fed in two days." <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Okay, I will feed, but it won't be far from here, and no run"<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Marcus, your father and I need to talk, do you seriously doubt us, she isn't going anywhere and no one is coming in. I will call you if I need you so go!" Her tone told me not to argue, it's not that I didn't trust them and I defiantly didn't doubt them, I just couldn't bare to be apart from her, surely they will understand. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Son, I know you can bare to be apart from her" oh-Kay, did he just read my mind? Or was I that obvious. " and this is the biggest thing in her life and you feel you need to be there, but please, go for a hunt, then run and go visit back home if you have to" <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Okay, I'm going, you call me if anything changes, I don't care if her broken toe heals, you ring me." I said in a stern voice, hoping that would pick up on how serious I was.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"No can do" mum shrugged and I was suddenly furious.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Excuse me?" Deep breathes Marcus I chanted to myself.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Her toe healed ten minutes ago" and with that her and dad were literally on the floor laughing, tears falling down their faces.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />I growled and started to walk out the door, I've had enough if these maniacs " ha. Ha very funny, but seriously, call me" and walked out, wishing I could stay with my girl.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />When I got out onto the street I heard mum called out between laughs that she will call me, she's such a smart ass. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />I set out to find food, I can only hope that when she wakes up she remembers me, I love her too much to let her go.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />* Charlotte's POV* and for those of you who don't remember, it's Marcus's mum*<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />She was just laying there, with her wounds slowly but surely healing. I was so angry, Marcus had told me about her dad and I thought I was furious then, but when I found out about her getting hit by a car and then beaten with a hammer by her 'mum', I died a little inside. The second I found out, I knew she was now one of my own children, her mother doesn't deserve this beautiful, talented child who never did anything wrong, so I pretty much claimed her for myself. Avery has now grown up and married; so I didn't have a little girl any more, but now I have Hope, I hope she doesn't mind. I wanted to kill her parents, but Marcus said not to, that it was Hopes decision, I hope she chose to kill them, she doesn't need them anymore. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"How could anyone do this to their little girl Romeo?" I sobbed, I tried to cover them, I had to be strong for Hope.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />" I don't know, but they need to pay" he said sternly, he didn't like the fact that they put her life in danger, well technically they killed her. We loved her like our own, and you could see Marcus loved her dearly, so there is no way they will get away with this. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Of course they do, but we will worry about that when she wakes up, what about back home? Now that she's a vampire, the minute she is fully mated, she will need to be sworn in." <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"That's no problem because she will be a great queen, trust me and I have no problem with her being queen and don't forget she has had her future set out since birth." He spoke with a flat voice, but I knew he was right, everything she has ever done has been done to help her become queen. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"What if she doesn't want to be? What if she doesn't know anything about England? Australia doesn't exactly prepare you to be the queen, and she still has another year of school?" No offence to Hope, but I didn't want her burning our country to the ground.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"She will always want to, deep down this is all her, just like Marcus she will need to warm up to it, and she will just have to read "the" book and another year of school? She can stay here and study, Marcus can go back home, but he won't have that, so leave it as is now, have Ridwaan look after it back home." <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Okay" I turned my attention back to hope, it had already been two hours which meant in 14 hours she will need Marcus. We decided to leave the room and go downstairs and do something entertaining. We chose to be humans for the while, baking cookies, playing monopoly, twister and UNO, Romeo and I were forever laughing. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />Ten hours had passed and we were watching 'True Blood' a show about vampires, when Marcus returned home, with a removal truck pulling into the drive way. Romeo and I exchanged looks and then looked at Marcus, he could have told us he was moving.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Chill guys, it's gym equipment, for Hope she will need to release her energy some how, plus with *them* still trying to attack, I want her to be able to fight, not that she will ever need to, but I still want to be sure." I tried not to flinch when he spat 'them', he said it with such hatred even the hulk would flinch away from him.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"That's a good idea, listen, it's been 13 hours, we will go feed and then come back before she wakes okay? You don't have to do this alone" Romeo spoke up, I was starting to get thirsty, but I would never admit it. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Okay, thank you" I walked over and gave him a kiss on the cheek and Romeo shook his hand and we left, off to hunt for food. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />* Marcus's POV * sorry for the chopping and changing, but yeah.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />I paced my room back and fourth, thinking of the endless scenarios of what could happen in four hours. I had thought of a few stupid ones, that I knew we're impossible but my mind was going into overdrive, and you never hear a vampire say that.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />Three hours to go..<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />She moved and by moved I mean her hand twitched ever so slightly; so small a human would have no chance of even feeling it. I would have have missed it if I wasn't waiting for her to wake up. Some may call this stupid, but yes, I have every intention of sitting by her side holding her hand for the next 3 hours. I know now she was alive, well I've known that for the last 13 hours but it gave me hope for some reason.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />Mum and dad returned within the next hour, which I was grateful for, I couldn't do this alone. I was worried mum and dad didn't want her to be queen, they haven't said anything, probably furious she is a vampire now, but acting nice to spare my feelings. I wouldn't have cared for anyone else's opinion a few months ago, before I met Hope I hung of every word my parents said, but yesterday when she died I knew she was my life, and not just because we are mates. I knew yesterday I loved her, it just took something huge for me to realise and I made a promise to myself to never let her go a day without hearing those three words from me.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />She changed me in such a short time, I now don't care what my parents say, it's about what Hope and "I" want. In a way I'm glad my life turned out the way it did, I would even consider re-livening my childhood just so I could fall in love with Hope all over again.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />Hope and I were both humans first, which meant we are a lucky couple who could have kids, although the chances are pretty slim, even slimmer with couples with only one being a previous human, I was going to try.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />I didn't just want kids for the kingdom back home to carry own when I step down, which will be highly unlikely, but I want a real relationship with Hope. The one where you go to the supermarket and argue about the cereal, the weather ,what movie to watch and the colour of the walls when we paint them. I want to chase after her when she storms off, kiss in the rain and go on multiple dates a week. I want her, and I want us to be happily in love forever.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Wow" I spoke aloud for the first time in 30 minutes since she moved, my voice was broken, flooded with emotions.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />Mum raised her head and gave me a puzzled look, wanting me to explain.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />" I just was thinking about how I want my life to be, I want kids with hope, I want to chase them around the front yard, chase them out of my office and go to the park and fly kites. If I have a boy I will take him and get a remote control car, and drive it into people ankles at the shops and act like it wasn't us, I want to go to the shops and argue about milk with hope, I want to go to the dress shop and buy my little princess a dress every week and make her smile, withheld front teeth missing, yes I still want to be King, and I sure as hell want Hope beside me. I know you guys probably don't want her to be queen, but I know she will be perfect." I took in a deep breath, I wasn't supposed to as that last part, actually I was meant to stop at the first sentence, but I obviously needed to get it off my chest.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />I looked up at mum to find her crying, when she looked at Dad and started crying even more. "Our boy is in love" she gushed, and I swear if I wasn't a vampire my cheeks would have been red, and I'm a guy! <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Marcus of course we want Hope to be Queen! And I approve of kids certainly! I want to be a nan! They will be spoilt by me and pop over here, ore warning you!" She chuckled, and I let out a deep breath, so much was off my chest now, it felt amazing, now I just needed Hole to wake up and everything will be perfect.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />*Hope's POV* * OMG YAY :') *<br style="line-height: 17px;" />My mind was awake but my body was fast asleep, what the hell I thought to myself, and then I remembered everything. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />I knew what had happened, mum and dad planned to kill me, which broke my heart into a thousand pieces, the ones who brought me to this earth tried taking my life away. What I wanted to know is was it like a joined force, dad scared me to run outside and mum was waiting, or was it just by chance that she was outside.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />Anything could have happened, she could have been driving home from the airport and her brakes stopped working? But then I realised, she gets a limo to and from the airport, but I wouldn't give up that easily, I am sticking to saying it was an accident, for my sake.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />I also wanted to know what happened after I ran outside and was hit by the car, I'm guessing Marcus just changed me, not that I mind. I was due for my period, which meant that's gone! YEAAAH BOI! I did a mental happy dance in my head, every girl hated that, why couldn't it just be a text from Mother Nature, or even glitter. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />I was startled when I heard Marcus speak, and all he said was 'wow'. What could that mean, could he hear me? I'm going o have to try and see if I can talk mentally with him. I was about to try when he spoke again, and it stopped me dead in my tracks, get it, dead?.<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />He was talking to someone about how he wanted a family, with me. He wanted a family with me, oh my god. He then went to explain everything that he wanted to do with the kids, and when he said mum and dad I knew he was talking to Charlotte and Romeo. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Our boy is in love" Charlotte gushed out. He loved me, he doesn't love me he didn't say it back. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Hope you stupid idiot, he just said it wants kids with you, accept the fact that he loves you" my mind snapped at me, yeah k. Whatever. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />I knew it was time to force myself to wake up, to be honest I felt amazing, like I had a long sleep and was full refreshed. I was ready to face the world. I opened my eyes and saw Marcus the second I did. <br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />"Marcus?"<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*<br style="line-height: 17px;" /><br style="line-height: 17px;" />Soooooooo! She's a vampire, and what not. Oh! And what was Marcus going on about? What do you think happened in his childhood that he doesn't want to go back to again, but would for hope? Leave your creative ideas for that one in the comments below! Don't Forget to vote, because I don't know if anyone actually likes this anymore, the reads are dropping and yeah :'( ultimate sad face right there. So please, VOTE AND FAN AND COMMENT! Recommended this story, and I will put you in this story somewhere, that's right, in the story. <br style="line-height: 17px;" />so go! <3 much love, Ashley.</pre>